O’Neills : Salem's Irish Pub & Restaurant

O’Neills

Salem's Irish Pub & Restaurant

120 Washington St,

Salem, MA 01970

978-740-8811

http://oneillsofsalem.com

Another Friday that we just had to go out someplace that was fun, casual, and someplace we can get some good food with our drinks.

I sat down and did a little research to try and find a place that we have not been to before that could fit this requirement. I was in luck: I ran across this Irish pub is Salem, Mass, so we called our friends and made it a date.

The pub itself had live music that night and was very welcoming with a relaxed atmosphere. You should go to their web site and research other activities. They seem to have a lot of other events going on here.

So to start off, we all had some appetizers.

Shepherd’s Pie Rangoon’s. I thought these were very good and inventive. They were filled with the standard mashed potatoes, meat and veggies and served with a side of spicy aioli. These I could eat as a dinner with a nice glass of Smithwick's Irish Ale (That they just so happen to have). Just in case you don't know about Smithwick's: "Smithwick’s is an Irish red ale-style beer from Kilkenny, Ireland. It is a clear beer with a red color. The Smithwick’s brewery was purchased by Guinness in 1965, and is now part of Diageo." I have had this beer before, but I had forgotten how easy this goes down.

Next, I had a good, old-fashioned, chargrilled, handmade Angus burger served with a nice amount of steak fries. Now, this was not the best burger I have ever had but, it was a good burger. The wife had a Classic Reuben: house-cured corned beef topped with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and thousand-island dressing on grilled marble rye.

Now, the wife is a bit of a Ruben snob, so I can say without question that if she likes your Ruben, then you are doing something right. But what really made her happy was the fact that they did not have a problem of serving us some brown gravy on the side for her steak fries. You may think to yourself, How can this be a problem, serving brown gravy at a restaurant? But trust me, some places have trouble with this.

So overall, we had a good time at O’Neills, and we look forward to going back sometime soon.